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... of course there are less police in london right now due to large numbers being drafted into scotland due to the live8 leaders encouraging protestors to go to scotland to protest up there.
the mobile phone network has been disconnected too (i think - my phone doesn't work and it isn't the normal network busy signal)
London bridge was packed, as I walked to work - never seen so many people on it! Saw lots of police, fire engines..
[edited by: creative_craig at 11:05 am (utc) on July 7, 2005]
The BBC website is struggling due to the number of requests. They're using a light version of the homepage to ease the problem....
[world-newspapers.com...]
A few of the sites are easy to load up with no problems in connection. In case people want new sources that is!
"There have been a number of dreadful incidents across London today," said Home Secretary Charles Clarke, Britain's top law enforcement officer. He said there were "terrible injuries."[news.ft.com...]A senior Israeli official said Scotland Yard told Israel minutes before the explosions that it had received warnings of possible terror attacks.
and now they are doing intense checks in the USA:
[washingtonpost.com...]
